In the aftermath of Kaitlin Geraghty’s death last December, the 2014 Oceanside High School graduate’s friends and family have banded together to create a scholarship fund in her name. On May 30, a fundraiser at Kitty O’Hara’s in Baldwin will raise money for the memorial scholarship, which will be awarded to a senior graduating from OHS in 2020.

Town of Hempstead officials voted 6 to 1 on May 7 to approve the site plan for a $60 million, 230-unit Rockaway Avenue apartment complex. The project has met with strong opposition from many residents.

As he was running on the track at Oceanside School No. 6 to earn his Fitness Merit Badge for his Boy Scouts troop, Anthony Palumbo couldn’t help but notice the arboretum near where he was sprinting was neglected.